Dreaming back to 1949, the great powers were there to deceive us

In the office on the seventh floor, Hu Zhenhua, Guo Dachong and Atlan gathered together.

The harvest season is coming again, and we must hold a meeting to discuss it.

Atlan lit a cigar and said,

"We sold half of our inventory during the decline, recovering a total of 5100 million yuan in cash. Currently, the remaining half remains. Should we sell it during the rise?"

The corners of Hu Zhenhua's mouth twitched a few times.

At one time, the value of the real estate held by Tongan totaled 3 million yuan. Even if half of it was sold, it should be worth 1.5 million yuan. Now only 5100 million yuan has been recovered, which shows how much the housing prices have been brought down in this round.

Lao Hu waved his hand and said,

"If we sell off during the uptrend, house prices will soon be brought down!"

There are two richest groups in Shanghai: one is foreign capital, and the other is corrupt officials.

At present, Hu Zhenhua has siphoned off 2 million silver dollars in cash from corrupt officials in order to invest in his grain and oil. During breakfast, Lao Hu threw out three more baits. It is conceivable that he can scrape off another layer of fat from them.

Therefore, Hu Zhenhua’s main target must be foreign capital.

But foreign capital has already bottomed out at a low level.

If you want to take money out of their pockets, you have to use some art.

Hu Zhenhua thought for a moment and asked,

"How is the current circulation of banknotes?"

If it were a strictly regulated market, it would be impossible for banknotes to be over-issued. But this is Shanghai, and the authorities are busy with their own affairs, so how can they have the time to regulate foreign banks?

Atlan blew out a puff of smoke and said,

"The exact amount is impossible to calculate, but the total amount of banknotes circulating in the market should be no less than 1 million silver dollars!"

Guo Dachong seemed to understand Hu Zhenhua's meaning and asked,

"Are we going to have another banknote crisis?"

Hu Zhenhua waved his hand and said with a smile,

"Brother Guo, our opponents are the financial elites of the West. Many foreign banks should have noticed our trick of burning banknotes last time. After all, so many banknotes flowed back to the major foreign banks."

In fact, the major foreign companies did notice it. If they were willing to sit together and have a frank meeting, they would immediately discover Hu Zhenhua's tricks.

But unfortunately, they didn't dare to reveal it to anyone and kept it secret.

Because the major foreign banks compensated foreign-funded banks with 30% of the money, this was a huge hole. Once the news leaked out, not only would the common people run a run on the banks, but even the shareholders behind them would make trouble.

The reason why the major foreign companies joined forces was to fill this huge hole.

Seeing Hu Zhenhua's opposition to his plan, Guo Dachong said worriedly,

"There's not enough liquidity in the market, so it's difficult to sell our properties smoothly."

Hu Zhenhua laughed and said,

“So, we need to expand the banknote market!”

Guo Dachong was a little confused.

"Didn't you say we couldn't create a banknote crisis?"

"I just said we can't use the same method as last time!"

Hu Zhenhua gathered everyone together and whispered,

"This time, we're going to be a little more artistic. You better be careful. The person we find must be reliable and keep their mouth shut!"

Guo Dachong immediately said,

"Old Guo has been hanging around in Shanghai for so many years, he knows everyone!"

Hu Zhenhua nodded.

"Let's do this..."

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At Huifeng Foreign Company, Charlie was chatting with Morris when his assistant suddenly rushed in and said anxiously,

"Sir, the Chinachem Hotel just called and said Hu Zhenhua is moving and he's leaving the Magic City!"

Charlie and Morris looked at each other, and they saw helplessness in each other's eyes!

The influence of TA company in Shanghai is unmatched by any other company. It can be said that if Hu Zhenhua sneezes, the whole Shanghai will catch a cold!

Let’s not talk about anything else, just take the orders for TA’s four-wheeled vehicles, which amount to 5. In addition, there are orders for tricycles, generators, steam turbines, fishing boats, etc. In total, there are no less than one million Shanghai citizens who directly and indirectly rely on Hu Zhenhua for their livelihood!

If he runs away, Shanghai's economy will immediately decline.

Charlie waved to his assistant.

"I know, go down!"

"Yes!"

After the assistant left, Charlie smashed the ashtray to pieces and shouted,

"Hu Zhenhua is too domineering!"

Morris did not respond, but continued to smoke his cigar. After a long while, he said angrily,

"Hurry up and think about how to give Hu Zhenhua some compensation!"

Charlie's face was blue with veins exposed, and he shouted,

"I won't give him a cent!"

Morris blew out another smoke ring, which was in the shape of a ring and kept spinning up.

"Haven't you figured it out yet? Hu Zhenhua is trying to follow our example and bring down the housing prices so he can buy at the bottom!"

"So what? If he can bring down the housing prices, I'll continue to buy at the bottom!"

"If housing prices are brought down again, a lot of our work will be wasted. We can't try this trick again next time! Think about it, how much did Fog City Real Estate's stock price rise yesterday?"

Last night, the news of rising housing prices in Shanghai spread back to Fog City. The price of real estate in Fog City rose by 15%. It is conceivable that its stock price will rise sharply tonight. In less than three days, the stock price will double!

What a huge profit this is!

Charlie took a deep breath and said,

"We can't spit out the meat we've already eaten!"

Morris was reluctant, he thought for a moment and said,

"How about this? When Zhao Zhi left last time, didn't he hope you could help him buy a port in Singapore? That was definitely Hu Zhenhua's idea. You can come forward and help coordinate it. That place is clamoring for independence anyway, and if you sell the port, you can at least get a large sum of money! Kill two birds with one stone!"

Charlie nodded, then felt something was wrong and shouted,

"This is everyone's business, why do you let me do it alone?"

Morris thought to himself that Charlie was not easy to fool. He calmed down and said,

"How about this? You go coordinate the port, and I'll talk to Hu Zhenhua about purchasing the port. Huifeng will provide the loan. That should be fine, right?"

After hearing this, a slight smile appeared on Charlie's face.

"That's it. I'll contact the Singapore Governor's Office right now."

At that time, Singapore was still a colony of the Gentleman Country, but the whole of Southeast Asia was clamoring for national independence. Just last year, Singapore held an election, and national consciousness was further awakened.

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At the Chinachem Hotel, Hu Zhenhua looked at the more than one hundred boxes in the basement warehouse, opened his mouth wide, and asked,

"Cui Cui, are these all the antiques, calligraphy and paintings you've collected recently?"

Wang Cuicui packed the things quickly while saying,

"Most of these are gifts from wives of officials. If they don't show any appreciation, I won't allow them to enter the grain and oil industry!"

Hu Zhenhua gave a thumbs up and said with emotion,

"Cui Cui, you are the rake that makes money in our family!"

"What's the point of raking or not raking? It's so ugly!"

Hu Zhenhua burst into laughter, half leaning against the wall, and said,

"With these things, I don't have to struggle anymore. I can just live off them for the rest of my life!"

Wang Cuicui giggled,

"Okay, I'll support you!"

The young couple was flirting when Zhuge Lin walked in and said,

"Chairman, Director Wang Yu is calling!"

Hu Zhenhua quickly turned around and left. As soon as he picked up the phone, he heard a roar from the receiver.

"Hu Zhenhua, I heard you were going to run away!"

Old Hu Juhua tensed up, stood up straight, and answered,

"That's not true! I was just throwing a smokescreen to clean up the foreign companies. Those bastards actually took advantage of me inspecting the industrial zone in Chongming to secretly form an alliance, drive down the real estate prices in the Magic City, and then secretly buy up the bottom! They wantonly plundered the wealth of the citizens of the Magic City. Such behavior is simply bullying the Chinese people!"

Wang Yu was relieved when he heard that Hu Zhenhua was not going to run away, and his tone softened a lot.

"You can't spread such rumors either. Your every move affects countless people. The higher-ups are already paying attention to this matter. You must eliminate the impact immediately!"

Hu Zhenhua rolled his eyes and shouted,

"Give me two days!"

"No, before dark today, you must convince the citizens that you, Hu Zhenhua, will firmly stay in the Magic City!"

Hu Zhenhua cursed Wang Yu's ancestors for eighteen generations before he began to complain.

"My dear Director, I did this for two reasons: one was to clean up the foreign companies, and the other was to raise funds for the arsenal. I have a huge funding gap! I haven't even seen the property of corrupt officials that the bureau has confiscated!"

Wang Yu coughed twice and said,

"House prices plummeted a while ago, and I lost a lot of money selling them. Now that prices have gone up, those assets will be immediately liquidated and handed over to you!"

"What number is that?"

"About four or five million silver dollars!"

Hu Zhenhua suddenly became dissatisfied and shouted,

"That's all?"

I asked you to invest, and you easily collected 2 million silver dollars. When it came time to save the country and the disaster, you just got these little tricks to get rid of me!

"Just be content. I don't know how many people I've offended by copying all this!"

Hu Zhenhua pinched his chin and thought for a while, then shouted,

"Who are the people involved? They won't embezzle the stolen money, right?"

Wang Yu coughed twice again to cover up his embarrassment.

"Zhenhua, let me remind you, many people's firepower is now aimed at the person in charge. If you take them down, you will be the next one to suffer!"

Hu Zhenhua shuddered.

Since ancient times, the people have not fought against the officials. Hu Zhenhua is not an official. After all, he is just an ordinary citizen who is a little richer.

"I was just saying it casually!"

Wang Yu then showed a look of satisfaction. After a moment of silence, he said,

"I want to apologize to you about An Lan. When this woman goes crazy, it's simply unreasonable!"

Hu Zhenhua immediately looked terrified, and even though he was on the phone, he still nodded and bowed.

"Director, you're just slapping me in the face. What's our relationship? Even if Sister Lan slapped me, it was just a way of showing her concern for me! We had breakfast together this morning. Han Xue and the others were there, and we got along really well. Sister Lan has become a consultant for two companies. According to your instructions, her annual salary remains one yuan!"

Wang Yu obviously knew about this.

"Zhenhua, you're thoughtful, but please don't add to her burden. She seems to have stayed out all night these past two days!"

Hu Zhenhua secretly said: Fortunately, I have been in Chongming these two days, otherwise, the old spy would definitely think too much.

Hu Zhenhua thought for a moment and said,

"Director, Sister Lan is probably busy raising funds. This is all due to my inconsiderateness. How about this: bring Yu Nan and the children to Chinachem? I have plenty of empty rooms here anyway!"

After thinking for a moment, Wang Yu said,

"Alright, I'm not at home on weekdays, so let them stay with An Lan. Thank you for your concern! I'll send them some money later as food!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Yu heard a "click" sound from the phone.

"Director, are you trying to slap me in the face? I, as an uncle, am taking care of the younger generation, and you're still paying for it!"

Wang Yu was stunned. His original intention was to remind Hu Zhenhua: Wang Cuicui extorted 50,000 yuan from me. Can you give me an explanation?

But judging from Hu Zhenhua's reaction, he seemed to have no idea about this!

Wang Yu didn't intend to mention this matter again. He sighed in his heart: When a woman goes crazy, it's really unreasonable! An Lan is like this, and so is Wang Cuicui.

"Zhenhua, I'm only giving a symbolic amount of money. After all, I'm a public official. Sending the child to your house seems a bit like asking for a bribe!"

"Then just give a symbolic dollar!"

"Hahahahahaha!"

The two chatted for a while before hanging up the phone.

They seemed to be chatting about family matters, but in fact, Wang Yu was using the children to tie Wang Cuicui down.

If you, Hu Zhenhua, run away, it means you have given up on your wife!

Hu Zhenhua also wanted to get closer to Wang Yu through his children.